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Sample letter to Prime Minister Harper on HIV and AIDS
From April - August 2006, we invite you to personalize and send
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Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, M.P., P.C.
Prime Minister of Canada
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Harper,
Forty million people are infected with HIV and 25 million have
already died due to AIDS. The spread of HIV could be contained if
adequate resources were available for education, treatment, nutrition
and poverty eradication programs.
I urge you to address the 16th International AIDS Conference in
Toronto this August, and announce the following six initiatives:
- Cancel 100% of the debts owed by countries with high HIV rates.
- Untie debt remission from conditions involving forced privatization
of health care services, limits on hiring of health care workers
and user fees for public services.
- Increase Canada’s contribution to 5% of the funds needed
by the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and increase
Canada’s Official Development Assistance to 0.7% of Gross
National Income by 2015.
- Amend Canada’s pharmaceutical laws to remove disincentives
for exporting less expensive medicines to countries without pharmaceutical
production capabilities.
- Give priority to women and children in all efforts to address
HIV and AIDS, and to address the fundamental gender and age inequalities
that fuel the pandemic.
- Ensure adequate health care for all people in Canada with HIV
including immigrants and refugees.
I look to you for leadership in the face of the grave challenges
posed by the AIDS epidemic.
Sincerely
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